CAUTION: Re PA and FLA reciprocity
Be absolutely certain on the very day that you intend to transport the firearm that your FLA permit is recognized by PA. The Attorney General has issued a letter in PA stating that he recognizes ALL permits issued by other states. FLA only recognized (a) their own issued permits; and (b) permits issued by other states with whom the have a reciprocal agreement and where the permit holder IS A RESIDENT OF THAT STATE. In other words, your FLA permit may or may not be honoured in PA... there are reports of the State Police NOT recognizing non resident permits even though the attorney general recognizes them. This is totally bizarre, but you really need to make sure of what you are doing before running ahead and doing it. New York as a nasty state to transport through I hear. I have not personally had any trouble but I drive through New York State and I did several DRY RUNS before actually transporting. I have a SAFE in the back of my van (actually TWO safes); one for the gun(s) and one for the ammo. They are locked up tight witha trigger lock on as well when travelling through NY State, in case of a stop and search. I am entitled to peacable journey by Federal statute, but don't want to spend a night in the can as well as $25K on legal fees to have the case thrown out of court. Be sure... I don't even know where to tell you to begin looking but be very wary of hearsay (even MY hearsay). A PA CCW is only a few bucks by the way and is a good investment. If you are a NY resident I would begin the process of getting a NY permit (NYC excepted more than likely). Might not help but it sure wouldn't hurt. I am double trouble. An American working in Canada. Non resident but US Citizen. I have no second amendment rights in many states, such as CT and FLA who will not issue a CCW to me as I have no US residence. I intend to change that shortly by buying a place in the US... but in the meantime you can be a US citizen and a non resident and have no constitutional rights in several states. You can figure out the rest.... the key work here is CAUTION. Know what you are doing before doing it and know what you are doing by personal research and NOT by hearsay, although the hearsay is a big BIG help in setting you in the right direction. It has been invaluable to me but I will not transport through, for example, NJ, where the simple act of being in possession of ANY hollow point ammo is a felony. Go directly to jail and do not pass go. See what I mean? By the way... that came to me via hearsay and I took the time to investigate myself. There is talk that even the mere act of using a lead round with an X cut in the lead bullet portion constitutes carrying a "dum dum" bullet and is a felony.
TO be honest I have no idea about carrying a cased pistol through NY state, let alone NYC where the laws are insane, but IMHO, I simply would not do it and would choose instead to ship it out of state or at least to an FFL in PA, where I would pick it up. And I would drop $20 and get a PA non resident carry permit and forget about arguing the validity of your FLA carry permit.
Oh and one last thing... the whole FLA debacle with regards to not being able to get a permit (myself) is a result of their legislation simply changing one single word in the preamble from "a CITIZEN of the USA" to "a RESIDENT of the USA". Seems the legislators assumed that all people would be residents...and did not give consideration to other citizens.
Watch yourself.
